“Everything can be transformed. Every single thing. Goodness exists. It is all around. It’s just sleeping. It can be wakened.”
I love this quote. It is from the TV show Enlightened. The
main character is kooky, lovable, and often makes bad choices - hmm.... sounds like someone I know.
As I get ready to run my long run this morning I’m thinking
about transformation. I’m thinking about how the last six years I lived
triathlon. How becoming a triathlete changed my mind and body, how it made me
change into a person who could do anything she set her mind to.
As I watch friends and bloggers write about their transformation
while training for Ironman, I am excited, thrilled, and jealous. And since I’m
obsessed with nutrition, training, and mental preparation for Ironman I have been
reflecting on my own past training and racing.
After I finished a race I never thought much about the accomplishment
of it. I did it. Okay, what’s next? I’m always wondering what’s next.
For now I relegate Ironman to remembering long training
rides runs; and how good I felt after. I remember finishing my first, second,
and third Ironman and the family and friends I shared them with.
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| Coeur d'Alene 2009, Arizona 2010, Wisconsin 2013 |
I took for
granted that they would just happen and would continue happening.
The What’s Next for me is my transformation into a runner: #50marathons50states.
I am scaling down and focusing on the run, getting leaner and faster.
Monologue from Enlightened:
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